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Nelson, Ruddock at odds over YouTube video

Brendan Nelson has played down the YouTube video, but the Attorney General says any racist behaviour is unacceptable (File photo).

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Defence Minister Brendan Nelson is at odds with the Attorney General and a senior member of the Defence Force by playing down a video posted by a former soldier on YouTube.

The video, which has now been removed from the YouTube website, includes footage of someone dressed in a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) costume as well as men drinking beer from a tube at Robertson Barracks, near Darwin.